Necktie-fastener.



vN0. 829,053. PATENTED AUG. 21., 1906. W. A. BENNETT.

NEGKTB FASTENER. APPLmATloN I'ILBD AUG. 1| 1905.

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WILLIAM ARTHUR BENNETT, OF LONDON. ENGLAND.

NECKTlE-FASTENER.

Speccation of Letters Patent.

`Patented Aug. 21, 1906.

Application tiled August 1, 1905. Serial No. 272,161

To (tu whom il', 11ml/ concern:

Be it known that I, VILLIAM ARTHUR BEN- NETT, a subject of the King ofGreat Britain, residing at London, in the county of Middlesex, England,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Necktie-Fasteners,l

of which t e following is a specification, such as will enable thoseskilled in the art to which while an ordinary pin g is passed centrallyit appertains to make and use thc same.

This invention relates to means or devices for holding a necktie of anykind or class in proper position; and the invention consists of aparticularly-'formed shirt-stud designed for use in connection with ascarf or other pin.

The invention is' fully disclosed in the following specication, of whichthe accon1panying drawings form a part, in which the separate parts ofmy improvement are designated by suitable reference characters in eachof the views, and in which4 Figure 1 is a perspective view of a part ofa shirt-bosom and collar and showing my improvement applied for holdinga Jour-in-hand or similar tie in place; Fig. 2, a front view showing myimprovement applied for holding an ordinary bow-tie or string-tie inposition; Fig. 3, a perspective view of one Jform of a shirt stud 0rbutton which I employ; Fig. 4, another view showing a modiiication ofthe shirt stud or button, and Fig. 5 a view of one form of a pin whichis designed for use in connection with the form of stud or button shownin Fig. 4.

In the drawings forming part of this specification I have shown at o,Fig. 1, a part of' a shirt-besoin, together with a collar a2 and anordinary tour-in-hand tie and in Fig. 2 I have shown an ordinarystanding collar c and a strin tie made into a bow d.

In t ie practice of my invention I provide an ordinary shirt stud,button, or collar-button c, one form of which is shown in Fig. 3, andthe head e2 of this button is provided with a transverse bore or passagee3, and in the practice of my invention as shown in Fig. 1 the button cis used as an ordinary shlrt-stud, and ascarf or other pin f is passedthrough the necktie or the bottoni portion thereoi'I and through. thehead of the stud c, as clearly indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 1.This, as will be understood, securely holds the tie b in proper place,and no ordinary movement will disconnect the pin from the stud,

and in practice the point of the pin aiter'be ing passed throu h thestud is passed into the hac i portion of tIie lower part of the tie.

In Fig. 2 I have shown my improvement applied to an ordinary standingcollar and an ordinary string tie, which is made into a bow d, and inthis application of my invention the stud c is used as a collar-button,

and lon ritudinally through the middle portion of t 1e bow d and throughthe head of the stud, as clearly indicated in dotted lines in saidfigure.

In the form of stud shown in Fig. 4 the opening e3 in the head e2thereof is provided with a pluralityof V-shaped recesses c4, three ofwhich are shown, and the pinj", (shown in Fig. 5f) which is used inconnection with a stud made in this manner, is provided at its pointedend with a part f2, which is similar in form in cross-section to thebore or passage e3 in the head e of the stud, and when this form of pinis used the said pin must be held so as to permit of the passage of thepoint thereof through the head e2, and the pin cannot be removed withoutproperly adjusting the same in the operation of 'nv'ithdrawing it fromthe head of the stud, and this prevents the accidental withdrawal oi thepin or the release thereof from said head of the stud.

It will be seen that the forni of bore or passage 63 in the head e2 ofthe stud or button shown in Fig. 4 is made irregular by means of therecesses 6*, and when this form of stud or button is employed the boreor passage e may be made irregular in form in any desired way, and theend portion f2 of the pin f (shown in Fig. 5) may be of any desiredshape in cross-section corresponding to opening e3.

My invention is not limited to any particular form or style of stud, andthe head of the stud maybe made of any desired shape, all that isnecessary in this connection being that the head of the stud shall havea transverse bore or passage sufficient to permit of the insertiontherethrough of a pin, and it will also be apparent that any suitableform of pin may be employed.

I claim- 1. The herein-described neektie-holding device celnprisin f anordinary collar button Or stud and an or( inary scarf-pin, the button orstud being composed of a back portion and a shank provided with a head,said head beingr provided with :i transverse aperture through which theshank of the pin is adapted to be passed, substantially 11S shown undde- 5 scribed.

The l1er0in(lescribed ineens for holding cross-section, suliistantiallyas Shown and described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoingi :isV

my invention l havesigned iny naine, in presence of the Subscribingwitnesses, this 22d day of July7 1905.

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